Clinical trials: sponsored by Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Pain, Fear
The Effect of Watching Video and Blowing Paper Pinwheels in Children
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate if watching videos and blowing paper pinwheels can reduce pain and fear in children undergoing venipuncture.
- Trial name
- NCT06489353
- Testing
- Video-watching, Blowing Pinwheels
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 93 people
- Sponsor
- Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients Treated With Curative Radiotherapy
Massive Nasal Bleeding in Patients With NPC Received Curative RT
To investigate the incidence, predictive markers, and survival impact of massive nasal bleeding in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients who received curative radiotherapy (RT) with/without chemotherapy.
- Trial name
- NCT06348485
- Testing
- Patients without massive nasal bleeding, Patients with massive nasal bleeding
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 1,327 people
- Sponsor
- Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Biliary Atresia
Laparoscopic Kasai Has Similar Anesthetic Outcomes to Open Kasai
Biliary atresia (BA) is a rare biliary tree disease with a high incidence in eastern Asia. Kasai operation is a standard treatment for BA, and studies have shown that timely Kasai operation is crucial for better outcomes.
- Trial name
- NCT06163417
- Testing
- laparoscopic
- Volunteers
- 28 people
- Sponsor
- Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Colonization, Asymptomatic
Immunity and Nasal Fungal Colonization
Fungal colonization causes opportunistic infection that may manifest when the host's immune status deteriorates. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of fungal colonization in immunocompromised subjects…
- Trial name
- NCT05231499
- Testing
- nasal irrigation
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Taichung Veterans General Hospital
COVID-19
Predicting COVID-19 Patients' Clinical Outcomes Using ICU Mobility Scale and MRC Sum Score
The investigators hypothesize that early mobility condition and muscle power may be the predictive factors for Coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) patients' activity prognosis and hospitalization days.
- Trial name
- NCT05195736
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 33 people
- Sponsor
- Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Auditing Methods for Hospital Cleanliness
Comparing Visual Inspection, Performance Observation, and Aerobic Colony Counts for Evaluating Hospital Cleanliness
This study aims to compare correlation between outcome and performance observations and effectiveness by using aerobic colony counts as a comparator in order to find out which method would be better to be used to assess hospital…
- Trial name
- NCT04956029
- Testing
- There are no any interventions. This is to observe and test hospital cleanliness.
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment
The Effect of Respiratory Muscle Training for Patients With COPD and Mild Cognitive Impairment
Patients with COPD and MCI received either inspiratory muscle training or inspiratory plus expiratory muscle training and compared the therapeutic effects
- Trial name
- NCT04929990
- Testing
- Respiratory muscle training
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Hospital Cleanliness
Process-oriented and Outcome-oriented Visual Assessments
This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of outcome-oriented visual assessment and process-oriented visual assessment using ATP bioluminescence test as a comparator in order to find out which method can be used to assess…
- Trial name
- NCT03908398
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 504 people
- Sponsor
- Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Candiduria
Surveillance Study of Candiduria in Hospitalized Patients
The purpose of the study is to explore the epidemiology, underlying diseases, indwelling catheter duration, laboratory data, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of patients with Candiduria.
- Trial name
- NCT03910764
- Testing
- no intervention
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 536 people
- Sponsor
- Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Assessment of Wrist Joint and Knee Joint Inflammation in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis by Quantitative Three Dimensional Power Doppler Ultrasonography
The purpose of this study is to: 1. To investigate the wrist joint synovial blood flow intensity and model by quantitative three-dimensional (3D) power Doppler ultrasonography (PDUS) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis before…
- Trial name
- 3D sono in RA (NCT00858169)
- Volunteers
- 49 people
- Sponsor
- Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Stress
Subjective Feelings of Job Stress and Frontal Activity During Verbal Fluency Test: A Near-infrared Spectroscopy Study
Background and objectives: Recently the news of intern doctors' death due to overloaded work or committing suicide has made the authorities concerned put emphasis on the mental health care of medical staffs and related policies…
- Trial name
- NCT02286180
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Pressure Factors, Work Load.
Work Pressure for Pharmacist With Home Pharmaceutical Care
National Health Insurance Administration, Taiwan has provided a protocol for community pharmacist to offer home pharmaceutical care for the patients with high health expenditures.
- Conditions
- Pressure Factors, Work Load., Intention of Leaving the Service
- Trial name
- NCT02028793
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Coronary Artery Disease
Coenzyme Q10 in Relation of the Lipid Peroxidation, Antioxidant Enzyme Activities in Coronary Artery Disease Patients
Coenzyme Q10 (Ubiquinone) is recognized as an endogenous fat-soluble antioxidant in the mitochondrial membrane and considered as a preventive factor for coronary artery disease (CAD).
- Trial name
- NCT01163500
- Testing
- Coenzyme Q10
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 59 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Foot Ulcer, Diabetic
Reduction of Plantar Pressure in Neuropathic Diabetic Foot Patients Using Insoles With Removable Pegs Design
The purpose of this study was to determine if insoles with removable pegs could effectively reduce the plantar aspect pressure with the aid of in-shoe plantar pressure analysis for guidance of peg removal.
- Trial name
- NCT01699100
- Testing
- device
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Schizophrenia, Blooddraw
Family-based Genetic Long-term Study of Brain Function in Schizophrenia
The goal of this research is to find out possible susceptible gene(s) in schizophrenic patients with family history and 5-year period functional changes of brain among the members of family, in order to further analysis factors…
- Conditions
- Schizophrenia, Blooddraw, MRI
- Trial name
- FamilySchizo (NCT01045824)
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Unsatisfactory Pap Smear
Clinical Parameters Predicting Unsatisfactory Cervicovaginal Cytology in Conventional Smears
According the terminology of Bethesda 2001, the unsatisfactory cervical cytology can be categorized into specimen rejected, or specimen processed and examined, but unsatisfactory for evaluation of epithelial abnormality.
- Trial name
- NCT00985309
- Where
- Taiwan
- Sponsor
- Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Synovitis
Computer-Assisted Quantification of the Synovial Perfusion in Patients With Arthritis Using Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Power Doppler Ultrasonography
The purpose of this study is to compare the data obtained by computer-aided quantification of the synovial perfusion in patients with arthritis using two-dimensional and three-dimensional power Doppler ultrasonography and the…
- Trial name
- NCT00903903
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Prader-Willi Syndrome
Exploring Stress and Coping Behaviors of the Major Carer Whose Children With Prader-Willi Syndrome
Ask the 4 carers of children with Prader-willi syndrome to disclose their experiences and difficulties for searching better management and intervention
- Trial name
- NCT00808548
- Testing
- counseling, emotional support, emotional support
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Tuberculosis, Latent Tuberculosis
Use TST and QFT-RD1 Test to Monitor the Tuberculous Infection in Patients, Close Contact People and Health Care Workers
Tuberculosis is still the most common infectious disease in Taiwan. The infants in Taiwan have been vaccinated at birth with BCG -Tokyo 171 strain since 1951.
- Conditions
- Tuberculosis, Latent Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis Contact, Elderly
- Trial name
- NCT00311220
- Testing
- tuberculin for skin test
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Taichung Veterans General Hospital